At maturation, male and female gametocytes are released back into the peripheral circulation and can be taken up by mosquitoes during blood feeds to complete transmission from human to mosquito. In ...

Some merozoites develop into male and female gametocytes. These are taken up when the next mosquito bites an infected person and mature in the mosquito gut. The gametocytes fuse to form an ookinete ...

For decades, Culex pipiens f. molestus was called the "London Underground Mosquito". Most people, including scientists, ...

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods. Mosquitoes can survive prolonged ...

Despite the constant presence of mosquitoes, the risk of disease transmission fluctuates throughout the year between high and low risk months.

A Victorian man is reportedly in a critical condition in hospital after contracting Japanese encephalitis from a mosquito bite. This news comes after both Victoria and New South Wales issued ...

Victoria's health department is urging people in the state's north to remain vigilant against mosquitoes, following recent detections of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). JEV is a rare virus that ...

Inspectors found pests, including house flies and mosquitoes, in stored ghee, while a dead lizard was discovered near food articles. Additionally, spider webs were observed on the roof.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Mosquitoes can survive droughts by drinking blood, allowing them to maintain populations and spread diseases like malaria and dengue fever even in dry conditions ...

FOX 13 Meteorologist Dave Osterberg explains why you’re more likely to get bitten by a mosquito during dry periods compared to times of heavy rain.

A large international team of researchers has discovered that the mosquitoes that live in London's underground subway evolved ...